South Carolina from A to Z
Mon-Fri, 05:30 a.m.
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.
South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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“M” is for Moxon, Barbara Wischan (1921-2011). Political activist.
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“C” is for Congaree River. At the fall line in Columbia the Broad and Saluda Rivers form the Congaree River.
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“C” is for Compromise of 1808. Under the constitutions of 1778 and 1790, the House of Representatives was apportioned to benefit the lowcountry while the majority of the voting (White) population lived in the upcountry.
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“C” is for Commons House of Assembly (1670 to 1776). The dominant political institution in colonial South Carolina was the Commons House of Assembly.
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“B” is for Bratton, William (ca. 1742-1815). Soldier, legislator.